Potentially hot take incoming but idc.
I sincerely believe that if Riot had gone forward with the original plan of their platform fighter (Pool Party) and gone a Melele-esque route that game would be all over everyone’s timelines even today.
FGC saturation is a real thing, and there’s legit maybe only 4 relevant Platform Fighters played by a large number of people, dominated of course by Smash.
Famously, Riot saw what happened to MultiVersus and they got spooked. I want to remind everyone that MVS at one point had over 150,000 concurrent players on Steam, which is absolutely mind boggling to think about for a platform fighter.
But the failure of MVS was due to strange dev decisions - such as their decision to keep the game extremely floaty and slow after a 2 year hiatus - I don’t think this is a mistake Riot would have made, especially after seeing the good polish that 2XKO has.
I truly hope they give Pool Party one last good attempt because it really could have been the one.
we need to kill fighting game developers bro.
wdym sony is ruining tokon and riot just shot 2XKO. also SF6 is maybe the most boring it’s ever been.
all roads lead to dbfz. we must return.
With a heavy heart, the @Play2XKO team shares an update about the future.
- Active development will end in December.
- The final content patch goes live in October.
- Servers stay online.
- In-game purchases made before August 20 will be refunded.
https://t.co/3UQF7kh5S4
i have lower specs than what's stated as the minimum, but the game actually runs for me now. there are still al-qaeda terrorist with GTX 1080s queueing up, but what can you do
⚙️ Servers are back online!
We have rolled out a number of performance improvements including:
🔥 Reduced CPU load to help improve overall responsiveness and reduce lag-related issues
🔥 Fixed a bug that could cause sudden performance drops during gameplay
🔥 Improved backend crash reporting so we can track down issues and improve stability faster
More info on bug fixes and improvements on our Discord server:
https://t.co/rdi6RXJHOc
Keep the feedback coming in, as we continue to improve the experience.
The next battle starts now. See you online. 👊🔥